Schumann's virtuosity : criticism, composition, and performance in nineteenth-century Germany / Alexander Stefaniak.
| Author/creator |
Stefaniak, Alexander, 1983- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, ©2016. |
| Description | x, 296 pages : music ; 25 cm |
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| Contents | Florestan among the revelers: postclassical virtuosity and Schumann's critique of pleasure -- Florestan's wine, Clara Wieck's spirit: postclassical virtuosity and poetic interiority -- Poetic showpieces in the cultivated salon -- Virtuosity and the rhetoric of the sublime -- Steps to Parnassus? Schumann's equivocal work concept -- Festivals of the virtuoso priesthood: collaborating with Clara Schumann and Joseph Joachim. |
| Abstract | Considered one of the greatest composers--and music critics--of the Romantic era, Schumann played an important role in shaping nineteenth-century German ideas about virtuosity. Forging his career in the decades that saw abundant public fascination with the feats and creations of virtuosos (Liszt, Paganini, and Chopin among others), Schumann engaged with instrumental virtuosity through not only his compositions and performances but also his music reviews and writings about his contemporaries. Ultimately, the discourse of virtuosity influenced the culture of Western "art music" well beyond the nineteenth century and into the present day. By examining previously unexplored archival sources, the author looks at the diverse approaches to virtuosity Schumann developed over the course of his career, revealing several distinct currents in nineteenth-century German virtuosity and the enduring flexibility of virtuosity discourse. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-286) and index. |
| LCCN | 2016021002 |
| ISBN | 9780253021991 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0253021995 |
| Standard identifier# | 40026456865 |
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| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.S4 S83 2016 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |